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Also what are the brown spots in Craghold?

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Name: Rattesse Sjövosson, though he is more commonly known as The Bard Lord, Sea Fox, Blade of the West, or the Thief King.
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Position: Lord of Bloodhold
Physical Appearance: Rattesse stands at an even 6', and just barely weighs in at 150 pounds. He is tall, thin, and lean. His skin is fair, and long, fracture like scars run up and down his back and chest, with irregular slashes on his arms and legs. His hair messy blond grows in a mane fashion around a prideful, handsome until it reaches his neck, where he chops it off, giving him the resemblance of a lion with a bad haircut. One of his eyes is a light grey, like the clouds that hang low over his hold, while the other is a dark green, like the swamps that frequent his land. He is handsome in his own right, and often draw eyes to himself at the way he carries himself, tall and erect, full of pride and a natural regalcy. His face is normally stoic, smiling or frowning on rare occasions in public, leaving his emotional displays for when he is with only family. This obviously makes it very hard for him to hide, but being a lord, he doesn't normally have to stay out of sight as much as he needed to in times past.

Armor/Clothing: When forced into combat, Rattesse wears a mixture of chainmail and studded leather armor. The chainmail is made of some black, non reflective metal, unknown to even the most knowledgeable of experts, while the leather is an odd darker brown uncommon among commercially available hides. His normal day to day and court clothing usually consists of a light cotton shirt under a long leather jacket, paired with cloth pants and high, laced boots. He wears no helm nor hood, and dons a heavy cloak while riding or travelling. Pouches line his belt, along with a money purse, which he rarely fills to the brim.
Weapon(s): Rattesse may not look it, but he is always armed. There are atleast three knives always hidden on his person, most frequently in one of his sleeves, in the waist of his pants, and in hidden in his boot. These knives are designed for throwing, slashing, and stabbing with the most damage inflicted, and are therefore ill suited for parrying larger blades. To make up for this short coming, he carries a kukri, a thick, curved knife, designed to parry and slash, perfect for deflecting much larger blades and keep them away from the defender. For a larger melee weapon, he carries a shotel, a sort of curved sword, resembling a sickle more than the traditional longsword. THe curved blade makes it perfect for getting past shields and parrying blades, and the pointed tip and sharpened edge make if more than an equal match for any longsword or other common bladed weapon.
Skills and Abilities: Rattesse has a very diverse skill set, thanks to his very diverse history. He has trained for many years, and through rigorous training and many bruises, cuts, and near close calls, has become one of the best swordsmen on the Isle. He has yet to find someone who can defeat him, though he rarely goes out looking for fights. He's very likable, and an accomplished actor in his own right. His singing voice is phenomenal, a deep baritone that paints portraits and tells stories that no one else could. Even given his theatric talents, he can hardly ride a horse, and squirms when forced to sit in a carriage or boat. He plays the lute quite well, and carries a small pan flute with him wherever he goes. He was taught to fight with knives at a young age, and is even more skilled with a smaller blade than with a larger one, if that can be believed. He dabbles in the art of acrobatics, and used to be a fair at the art of staying out of sight, though it has been some years. His hands are still light in other people's pockets, and he often finds himself with things he doesn't remember picking up.

Hold: Bloodhold is a rainy, dreary, swampy wet land, where the rain hardly ever shines and the people seem to be in a perpetual bad mood. Silt makes up much of the soil composition, though most of the hold is too wet and muddy to farm. Their horses are of average variety. They have no mines, and their smiths are not known for their weapon or armor work, nor are their artists known for the beauty of their painting. Rain is plentiful, sunlight is rare, and only a few of the roads are paved.

Given all these disadvantages, Bloodhold is still valuable in it's own right.

Bloodhold is almost as a well rounded as it's lord. It's ecosystem is unique and unmatched. Most plants that are rare in the rest of the Isle are common in the many swamps and river beds of the hold, as well as being home to quite a few plants that only make their home exclusively along the blood red rivers that frequent this region. Sulfur and other odd elements are common, given the vast field of hot springs and geysers that lay in the northern region of the hold, known as "The Field of Death," as no vegetation has ever grown there in recorded history. The abundance of such plants makes the hold the center for healers and alchemists alike, and the mere diagnosis from a Bloodhold physician is taken with great weight by all but the greatest of fools.

Dragon: Describe your dragon. There are many types, so I'm not going to discriminate. Be creative.
Family:
Note: The house's name is actually Sjövos. By tradition within Bloodhold, a suffix is added to the last name, dependent on gender. If the individual is male, -son is added, and if they are female, -datter. The members of House Sjövos are not all related by blood. They are a group that has stuck with Rattesse through thick and thin, and he counts each one as highly as a blood relative. More than one can only boast knowing of one parent, with only two of the members actually sharing blood with Rattesse.

Riza Sjövosdatter: Rattesse's younger sister, she is as charming and beautiful as Rattesse is handsome and mysterious. She is one of the only two Sea foxes related to Rattesse by blood, but can only boast half of her blood, as she never knew her mother. She stands at 5' 8", with generous feminine figure and equally generous amounts of charm. Her brown hair frames a petite face, everything just the right size of small, except for her wide blue eyes, seemingly caught in a gaze of endless wonder. She can normally be seen in the latest fashion, and serves as Rattesse's steward and source of court gossip.

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